Bennie Daniels

Bennie Daniels

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: June 17, 1932 in Tuscaloosa, AL
High School: Compton HS (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1957
Teams (by GP): Senators/Pirates 1957-1965

Final Game: September 18, 1965
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1951	19	GRF	C	20	26	26		7	3	1	0						.269	.269	.462	.731		12							GRF · PION
1952	20	PIT-min	C	59	144	144		31	4	0	5						.215	.215	.347	.562		50							MOD · CALL
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	23	PIT-min	C,A	65	132	132		38	5	3	0						.288	.288	.371	.659		49							BIL,LIN · PION,WL
1956	24	PIT-min	A	56	123	123		40	7	3	8						.325	.325	.626	.951		77							LIN · WL
1957	25	PIT-min	Opn	39	97	89	12	26	1	1	5	18	0		6	27	.292	.333	.494	.828		44	2	0	1	1			HOL · PCL
1957	25	PIT	NL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	26	PIT-min	AAA	31	74	59	7	9	0	0	1	7	0		11	21	.153	.278	.203	.481		12		0	2	2	1		CLB · IL
1958	26	PIT	NL	8	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	27	PIT	NL	36	34	29	4	9	2	1	1	3	0	0	5	10	.310	.412	.552	.963	157	16	0	0	0	0	0	1
1960	28	PIT-min	AAA	30	47	45	6	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.200	.217	.222	.440		10		0	1	0			CLB · IL
1960	28	PIT	NL	10	16	16	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.188	.188	.188	.375	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	29	WSA	AL	32	84	76	6	15	0	0	2	5	0	0	6	34	.197	.253	.276	.529	46	21	0	0	3	1	0	1
1962	30	WSA	AL	44	50	46	2	6	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	27	.130	.130	.217	.348	-8	10	0	0	4	0	0	1
1963	31	WSA	AL	36	60	46	5	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	20	.152	.278	.174	.452	30	8	0	1	6	0	0	1/7
1964	32	WSA	AL	33	55	47	4	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	16	.128	.196	.191	.388	9	9	2	0	4	0	0	1
1965	33	WSA	AL	33	37	30	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	13	.133	.235	.133	.369	9	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
1966	34	TEX-min	AAA	25	56	53	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	19	.151	.167	.170	.336		9		0	2	0			HAW · PCL
9 Yrs				233	346	300	25	51	4	1	5	26	1	0	26	134	.170	.238	.240	.478	32	72	2	1	20	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	241	209	17	35	3	1	3	18	1	0	18	93	.170	.238	.240	.478	32	50	1	1	14	1	0

WSA (5 yrs)				178	286	245	19	38	2	0	4	19	1	0	21	110	.155	.224	.212	.436	22	52	2	1	20	1	0
PIT (4 yrs)				55	60	55	6	13	2	1	1	7	0	0	5	24	.236	.300	.364	.664	78	20	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				178	286	245	19	38	2	0	4	19	1	0	21	110	.155	.224	.212	.436	22	52	2	1	20	1	0
NL (4 yrs)				55	60	55	6	13	2	1	1	7	0	0	5	24	.236	.300	.364	.664	78	20	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1957	25	PIT	NL	1	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.467	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1958	26	PIT	NL	8	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.492	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1959	27	PIT	NL	36	34	2	-1	-0	0	4	5	0.6	1	6	0.6	.515	.503	0.6	0.0	6	$	1
1960	28	PIT	NL	10	16	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1961	29	WSA	AL	32	84	-6	-0	0	0	10	4	0.4	2	6	0.4	.512	.502	0.4	-0.0	6	$	1
1962	30	WSA	AL	44	50	-8	0	0	0	6	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$	1
1963	31	WSA	AL	36	60	-5	0	0	-0	6	2	0.2	2	3	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	-0.1	4	$	1/7
1964	32	WSA	AL	33	55	-6	0	-0	0	6	-0	-0.0	2	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1965	33	WSA	AL	33	37	-4	-0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$	1
9 Seasons				233	346	-30	-1	0	-0	40	9	0.9	10	19	1.0	.504	.501	1.0	-0.2	19	$

WSA (5 yrs)				178	286	-28	-0	0	-0	33	5	0.4	8	12	0.5	.503	.501	0.5	-0.2	13	$
PIT (4 yrs)				55	60	-2	-1	0	0	7	4	0.5	2	6	0.5	.508	.501	0.5	0.0	6	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1957	25	PIT	NL	2	2	0	0.0	101		.000	.265	.000	.328	.000	.410	.000	.738	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1958	26	PIT	NL	8	7	0	0.0	104	.333	.125	.267	.125	.335	.125	.418	.250	.753	-33	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
1959	27	PIT	NL	34	20	7	9.4	103	.444	.310	.268	.412	.334	.552	.415	.963	.748	157	.784	2.5	0.2	1.050	.414	.241	.0
1960	28	PIT	NL	16	13	1	2.1	100	.333	.188	.264	.188	.330	.188	.406	.375	.736	3	.203	-2.2	-0.2	.231	.000	.000
1961	29	WSA	AL	84	65	6	2.5	99	.317	.197	.257	.253	.331	.276	.400	.529	.730	46	.238	-5.9	-0.6	.443	.158	.079	.0
1962	30	WSA	AL	50	44	2	1.2	103	.278	.130	.263	.130	.335	.217	.410	.348	.745	-8	.082	-7.2	-0.7	.275	.109	.087	1.0
1963	31	WSA	AL	60	45	3	1.8	95	.269	.152	.255	.278	.322	.174	.394	.452	.716	30	.175	-4.1	-0.4	.410	.174	.022
1964	32	WSA	AL	55	47	2	1.2	96	.167	.128	.256	.196	.324	.191	.397	.388	.721	9	.084	-6.0	-0.6	.302	.149	.064	.0
1965	33	WSA	AL	37	29	1	0.9	90	.235	.133	.248	.235	.318	.133	.381	.369	.699	9	.064	-3.5	-0.4	.308	.133	.000
9 Yrs				346	272	22	2.2	98	.284	.170	.258	.238	.328	.240	.400	.478	.728	32	.214	-28.6	-2.9	.398	.160	.070	1.7
162 Game Avg.				241	189	15	2.2	98	.284	.170	.258	.238	.328	.240	.400	.478	.728	32	.214	-28.6	-2.9	.398	.160	.070	1

WSA (5 yrs)				286	230	14	1.6	97	.258	.155	.256	.224	.327	.212	.398	.436	.725	22	.141	-26.8	-2.7	.359	.147	.057	1.6
PIT (4 yrs)				60	42	8	5.1	102	.400	.236	.267	.300	.333	.364	.412	.664	.745	78	.552	-1.8	-0.2	.595	.218	.127	.0

AL (5 yrs)				286	230	14	1.6	97	.258	.155	.256	.224	.327	.212	.398	.436	.725	22	.141	-26.8	-2.7	.359	.147	.057	1.6
NL (4 yrs)				60	42	8	5.1	102	.400	.236	.267	.300	.333	.364	.412	.664	.745	78	.552	-1.8	-0.2	.595	.218	.127	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	25	PIT	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1958	26	PIT	NL	8	0.0%	62.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.6		4.0	1.00	38%
1959	27	PIT	NL	34	2.9%	29.4%	14.7%	11.8%	44%	2.00	2.9	29.0	9.7	2.33	53%
1960	28	PIT	NL	16	0.0%	43.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3		8.0	1.00	56%
1961	29	WSA	AL	84	2.4%	40.5%	7.1%	2.4%	13%	5.67	2.2	38.0	15.2	0.68	49%
1962	30	WSA	AL	50	2.0%	54.0%	0.0%	4.0%	33%		1.7	46.0	7.7	0.55	36%
1963	31	WSA	AL	60	0.0%	33.3%	11.7%	1.7%	14%	2.86	2.3		15.3	3.17	43%
1964	32	WSA	AL	55	1.8%	29.1%	7.3%	1.8%	17%	4.00	2.9	47.0	11.8	1.21	55%
1965	33	WSA	AL	37	0.0%	35.1%	10.8%	0.0%	0%	3.25	2.3		30.0	3.67	46%
9 Yrs				346	1.5%	38.7%	7.5%	2.9%	20%	5.15	2.2	60.0	11.5	1.28	47%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.2%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.68	6.3	38.5	8.6	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1957	25	PIT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.09	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.89	-0.5
1958	26	PIT	NL	-1.5	-0.2	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	1.61	-0.1	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.31	-1.3
1959	27	PIT	NL	2.4	0.2	36	0.1	0.6	-0.6	.98	0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.95	0.3
1960	28	PIT	NL	-2.2	-0.2	16	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.06	-0.1	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.04	-1.7
1961	29	WSA	AL	-6.0	-0.6	87	-1.1	0.8	-1.9	1.12	-0.7	-0.3	-8.8	-0.9	1.00	-7.4
1962	30	WSA	AL	-7.2	-0.7	50	-0.8	0.3	-1.1	1.02	-0.6	-0.1	-4.6	-0.5	0.93	-6.9
1963	31	WSA	AL	-4.1	-0.4	61	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	.98	-0.4	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.90	-3.6
1964	32	WSA	AL	-6.0	-0.6	55	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	1.07	-0.7	0.1	-6.3	-0.7	0.96	-7.4
1965	33	WSA	AL	-3.5	-0.4	37	-0.3	0.3	-0.7	.97	-0.3	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.99	-3.2
9 Yrs				-28.8	-3.0	352	-3.2	3.7	-6.9	1.05	-3.0	-0.0	-27.2	-2.8	0.97	-31.6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1957	25	PIT	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	26	PIT	NL	0	100%	1	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	27	PIT	NL	0	23%	11	0		0	1	1	1	67%	1	1	0	0	0	2	2
1960	28	PIT	NL	0	33%	3	0		0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1961	29	WSA	AL	1	21%	33	0		0	1	1	1	50%	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
1962	30	WSA	AL	0	20%	2	1	100%	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	31	WSA	AL	0	33%	23	0		0	0	0	2	40%	3	3	0	0	0	2	2
1964	32	WSA	AL	0	33%	9	0		0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
1965	33	WSA	AL	0	25%	13	0		0	0	1	0	67%	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
9 Yrs				1	27%	95	1	100%	1	2	3	7	50%	9	7	2	2	2	7	7

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1957	25	PIT	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	26	PIT	NL	8	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	11	2	18%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1959	27	PIT	NL	34	68%	9			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		8	0	0%	7	1	14%	24	2	8%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0
1960	28	PIT	NL	16	44%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	0	0%	14	3	21%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1961	29	WSA	AL	84	68%	15			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	6	3	50%	18	0	0%	20	5	25%	53	3	6%	3	2	67%	5	3	60%	0
1962	30	WSA	AL	50	72%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	100%	10	0	0%	9	3	33%	28	5	18%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1963	31	WSA	AL	60	83%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	8	0	0%	8	5	63%	26	4	15%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1964	32	WSA	AL	55	75%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	80%	11	2	18%	9	2	22%	35	3	9%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
1965	33	WSA	AL	37	65%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	9	0	0%	8	2	25%	26	1	4%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
9 Yrs				346	70%	51			0	0	0	0		5	0	8	4	1	1	4	0	25	20	80%	72	2	3%	68	18	26%	218	23	11%	16	9	56%	13	7	54%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1957	25	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1958	26	9	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1	0	0	0	0
1959	27	45	44	39	5	10	2	1	1	5	0	5	17	.256	.341	.436	.777	107	17	0	0	0	0
1960	28	55	60	55	6	13	2	1	1	7	0	5	24	.236	.300	.364	.664	78	20	0	0	0	0
1961	29	87	144	131	12	28	2	1	3	12	0	11	58	.214	.273	.313	.586	60	41	0	0	3	1
1962	30	131	194	177	14	34	3	1	4	18	1	11	85	.192	.238	.288	.526	43	51	0	0	7	1
1963	31	167	254	223	19	41	4	1	4	21	1	18	105	.184	.247	.265	.511	40	59	0	1	13	1
1964	32	200	309	270	23	47	4	1	5	25	1	22	121	.174	.238	.252	.490	35	68	2	1	17	1
1965	33	233	346	300	25	51	4	1	5	26	1	26	134	.170	.238	.240	.478	32	72	2	1	20	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1957	25	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1958	26	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1959	27	38	37	31	4	10	2	1	1	3	0	6	10	.323	.432	.548	.981	7	36
1960	28	10	18	18	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	10
1961	29	32	87	77	7	16	0	0	2	6	0	6	34	.208	.262	.286	.548	6	32
1962	30	44	49	45	2	5	1	0	1	5	1	0	27	.111	.111	.200	.311	1	44
1963	31	36	60	46	5	7	1	0	0	3	0	7	20	.152	.278	.174	.452	2	36
1964	32	33	55	47	5	6	0	0	1	5	0	4	16	.128	.196	.191	.388	2	33
1965	33	33	37	30	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	13	.133	.235	.133	.369	1	33
9 Yrs		235	353	304	27	52	4	1	5	27	1	27	134	.171	.240	.240	.480	20	233
162 Game Avg.		162	243	210	19	36	3	1	3	19	1	19	92	.171	.240	.240	.480	14	233

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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